Aeroplane toy



Feb. l, 1927. 1,615,986

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PATENT OFFICE,

LEIVIS ,KNIG'I-I'T, OF IPLAINVIEW, TEXAS.

AEROPLANE TOY.

Application iled June 30, 1926. Serial No. 119,640.

This invention relates to toys of the aeroplane type and has for its primary object to provide a toy of a construction generally similar to a conventional aeroplane, together with means for :facilitating` the movement thereof, representative of the general movement of a real aeroplane while lin flight.

@ther objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprising the novel form, combination and arrangement oi' parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being disclosed as simulating the general movement of a. real aeroplane when in flight, and

Figure Q is a detail longitudinal section thereof.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my novel toy embodies the provision of a miniature aeroplane 5, constructed of suitable material, through the fuselage or body portion ot which is a longitudinal bore 6, the front end oi' which is enlarged for receiving one end of a metallic sleeve 7, the outer end of which is flared and provided upon its top side with an eye member 8. Arranged rigidly or for rotation upon the projecting end ot' this sleeve iS a miniature propeller 9, while attach-ed to the eye is one end ot' a string 10 of predetermined lengtl rThis string is directed through the sleeve 7 and through the bore 6 of the fuselage or body of the miniature aeroplane, and is equipped at its opposite end with a pull ring 1l.

Attached to the string l0 between the eye 8 and sleeve 7 is an eye screw l2 ttor permitting of the loose attachment of the string to a supporting post or wall A.

In use, the string is pulled, forwardly through the bore 6 oi' the aeroplane 'fuselage or body until the pull ring 11 strikesv against the rear end thereof, this action being prior or subsequent to the attachment of the eye screw to the post or wall. The miniature aeroplane is then carried away 'from the post or wall to the limit of its movement after which a continuous pull is exerted upon the ring 1l for obviously drawing the string through the bore of the body or fuselage which will propel the aeroplane toward the supporting post or wall in simulation of a {iight ot an actual aeroplane.

The provision of a toy of this character will be highly amusing to children and will also assist in instructing children or even grownups in the aeroplane field.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a toy oivl the character described, a miniature aeroplane having a continuous longitudinal bore through the body thereof, a string attached at one end to the body at the forward end of said bore, and being extended rearwardly through the bore, and means r'or loosely attaching the string between its anchored end and the front end oi' the bore to a support.

Q. In a toy of the character described, a miniature aeroplane, having a. continuous longitudinal bore through the body thereo'li` a sleeve arranged within the front end oi the bore, a string attached at one end to the projecting end of the sleeve and being extended rearwardly through thel bore, and means tor loosely attaching the string between its anchored end and the front end of the bore to a support.

3. In combination, an eye member attached to a support, a miniature aeroplane having a continuous longitudinal bore through the body thereof, a sleeve arranged within the front end of the bore, a string attached at one end to the projecting end oi the sleeve, said stringA being passed through the aforementioned eye member and extending rearwardly through the longitudinal bore ot the aeroplane, said aeroplane being adapted to move iorwardly along the string toward the eye member when the rear end oil the string is pulled.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturc.

LEWIS KNIGHT. 

